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sathenzar 23

If I had to guess he pulled his and she pulled hers, his went up, hers didn't and she already gained on him before he had a chance to react. I don't know I have never sky dived so maybe you have more time then that. Just seems like a really quick situation to be put in.

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Shane Nokes 739

This. That is one of the cardinal rules of any kind of jumping, go in pairs and try to stay close.

The other cardinal rule (for base jumping at least) is make sure a professional rigger has packed your secondary chute just prior to the jump, and that you have a proper tool for jettisoning the primary chute in case of a failure. If you've taken these precautions the odds for a chute failure ending in death should be about 1,000,000:1

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Anibal P 1,889

This. That is one of the cardinal rules of any kind of jumping, go in pairs and try to stay close.

It was a base jump, there was no time to do anything but watch her drop to her death, that's why base jumpers don't use emergency chutes, too low to react, they jumped lower than the auto release is set to to safely save a person in a regular jump which is 1500 - 1000 ft.

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Shane Nokes 739

It was a base jump, there was no time to do anything but watch her drop to her death, that's why base jumpers don't use emergency chutes, too low to react, they jumped lower than the auto release is set to to safely save a person in a regular jump which is 1500 - 1000 ft.

Even in that case if the chute fails to deploy you can usually get a smaller secondary chute to deploy (if you have the proper rigging) in time to at least slow you down enough to have a shot at survival.

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Anibal P 1,889

The other cardinal rule (for base jumping at least) is make sure a professional rigger has packed your secondary chute just prior to the jump, and that you have a proper tool for jettisoning the primary chute in case of a failure. If you've taken these precautions the odds for a chute failure ending in death should be about 1,000,000:1

I've never seen a base jumper use a secondary or emergency chute, and usually base jumpers self release their chutes because of the lower heights involved

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jwjw1 93

Usually when jumping in pairs you stick close together in case a chute fails to deploy. I wonder why they weren't doing this...

actually, you seperate when deploying your chute...to avoid a chance of them getting tangled. (psst!...if one deploys and the other fails..the seperation is to great to 'just reach out and grab someone') expecially during a 900' base jump...even a properly pack chute takes about 200' to fully deploy. A reserve chute @900' would not have saved her. I've done my share of HALO and HAHO jumps.

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XerXis 248

Even in that case if the chute fails to deploy you can usually get a smaller secondary chute to deploy (if you have the proper rigging) in time to at least slow you down enough to have a shot at survival.

I'm a base jumper.

First off, jumping in pairs and staying close together? what? where do you get that idea? That would make it more dangerous.

And when we basejump we don't take a reserve. There's generally not enough time to deploy a reserve, by the time you have jettisoned the main and pulled the reserve you would already have hit the ground. Even the main chute is rigged different for a fast opening. For example for low altitude jumps (like base jumps) there is no slider.

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Even in that case if the chute fails to deploy you can usually get a smaller secondary chute to deploy (if you have the proper rigging) in time to at least slow you down enough to have a shot at survival.

Base jumpers very rarely if ever use a secondary chute, they just don;t the time to pull it.

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Sylar0 78

First off, jumping in pairs and staying close together? what? where do you get that idea? That would make it more dangerous.

And when we basejump we don't take a reserve. There's generally not enough time to deploy a reserve, by the time you have jettisoned the main and pulled the reserve you would already have hit the ground. Even the main chute is rigged different for a fast opening. For example for low altitude jumps (like base jumps) there is no slider.

I?m not a base jumper but I think many people here are confusing it with sky diving I know jumpers normally work in pairs for safety but I think people are assuming this means a tandem base jump. Hence the secondary shoots etc. No time in base since guys it?s not out of a plane literally not enough time. However I would question the wisdom of doing any sport whilst pregnant.

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XerXis 248

I?m not a base jumper but I think many people here are confusing it with sky diving I know jumpers normally work in pairs for safety but I think people are assuming this means a tandem base jump. Hence the secondary shoots etc. No time in base since guys it?s not out of a plane literally not enough time. However I would question the wisdom of doing any sport whilst pregnant.

we don't work in pairs in skydiving too ;), we might jump in pairs (or more) but a few 100 meters before pulling your pilote chute you separate. Staying close is very dangerous and reserved for instructors and their students. So there is no staying in pairs safety rule in either skydiving or basejumping.